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==The set== {{multiple image | footer = Tony Kornheiser (left) and Wilbon, the show's hosts. | align = right | image1 = Tony Kornheiser 2011.jpg | width1 = {{#expr: (145 * 341 / 272) round 0}} | image2 = Michael Wilbon 2011.jpg | width2 = {{#expr: (165 * 2764 / 1873) round 0}} }} For much of its run ''PTI'' had a unique studio layout featuring a "wall" full of cut-out cardboard heads of athletes and celebrities that had been used in the "Role Play" segment,<ref name=":9">{{Cite news|url=https://the-cauldron.com/why-espns-pti-is-the-best-news-show-on-television-e47373391155|title=Why ESPN's PTI Is The Best News Show On Television|last=Buschel|first=Bruce|date=2014-10-29|work=The Cauldron|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107223017/https://the-cauldron.com/why-espns-pti-is-the-best-news-show-on-television-e47373391155?gi=d6d11183797a|archive-date=7 January 2018}}</ref> [[bobblehead doll]]s of the show's hosts and Reali, [[Etch-A-Sketch]] art of Kornheiser and Wilbon, multiple [[penguin]]s and several other toys and [[:wikt:trinket|trinket]]s they have received, such as Kornheiser's beloved "Leg Lamp" from ''[[A Christmas Story]]'', [[Stewie Griffin]], and [[Elmo]]. For different American holidays, the set would be decorated with other [[Theatrical properties|prop]]s to match the theme of the day. For example, on Halloween, carved [[jack-o'-lantern]]s of the host's heads are also present. The color of the rundown graphic is also changed to fit with the holiday theme (e.g. red, white, and blue to represent [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]], green for [[St. Patricks Day]], red and green for [[Christmas]]). On September 27, 2010, ''Pardon the Interruption'' and ''[[Around the Horn]]'' began broadcasting in [[HDTV|high definition]] and moved from the Atlantic Video Washington complex to facilities in the [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] Washington bureau, where high definition sets were built for both shows.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/12/07/daily83.html | first=John | last=Ourand | title=ESPN's "PTI" and "Around The Horn" going HD next fall | date=December 11, 2009}}</ref> On January 20, 2020, the current set for ''PTI'' debuted. This was the first major upgrade to the ''PTI'' set in nearly a decade.
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